“Quality-conscious HDTV viewers tap into an increasing variety of digital video from internet and cable-satellite providers,” said Richard Doherty, Research Director for the Envisioneering Group. “IDT has demonstrated video enhancement which delivers pixel-popping performance even when viewing popular internet video sites which traditionally look grainy or blotchy on other TVs or PCs.”

The IDT VHD1900 incorporates two new IDT HQV technologies — Auto HQV™ and HQV StreamClean™ — which automatically enhance the incoming image and provide powerful clean-up of source video, allowing the picture to be as crisp and clean as possible.

With increased viewing of low-resolution and highly compressed Internet content on larger screen displays, compression artifacts and noise are highly visible and distracting to viewers. HQV StreamClean incorporates three noise reductions techniques — adaptive mosquito, block, and temporal — to selectively reduce these difficult-to-remove image artifacts. Moreover, the Vida device also contains resolution enhancement technology that generates pristine and detailed upscaled images to make standard definition content look near-HD in quality and can even further enhance detail in HD content.

“The model for consumer video is changing. More content is becoming available on the Internet and Consumers want to view this content wherever and whenever they want. Unfortunately most internet content is highly compressed and compression artifacts are very visible when viewed on larger screen displays. The Vida processor offers breakthrough performance in cleaning up these low-quality video sources,” said Ji Park, vice president and general manager of the IDT Video and Display Operation. “HQV is already known as the premier standard in video processing today. And, with the Vida device, IDT HQV takes video processing to a new level of processing excellence.”

The latest offering from IDT HQV also features 14-bit internal processing and 12-bit output for deep color processing and 3D gamut conversion for xvYCC processing. These capabilities provide accurate conversion of regular and wide gamut content to the display’s native gamut. In addition, The VHD1900 features six axis color control, with independent adjustment of any color’s hue, saturation and intensity.

All of this processing technology comes fully integrated and is offered in the smallest form factor currently available among video processors. The new IDT HQV video processor features no external DRAM and, by integrating on-chip memory, can easily be incorporated into any video system. With its low power and low latency, the Vida device is perfect for DVD and Blu-ray players, digital TVs, set-top boxes, personal video recorders (PVRs), audio video receivers (AVRs), projectors, and mobile media device docks and media adaptors.

Pricing and Availability

The next generation HQV device is available for sampling to qualified customers. Price for this device is $25.00 for 1,000 units, and is available in a compact 128-pin TQFP package. For more information, visit www.IDT.com/go/Display.

IDT, the IDT logo, HQV, StreamClean and Auto HQV are trademarks or registered trademarks of Integrated Device Technology, Inc. All other brands, product names and marks are or may be trademarks or registered trademarks used to identify products or services of their respective owners.

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